Four orphaned children run away, and live in a boxcar until they are found by their grandfather.

When Mary Lennox is sent from India to the moors of England to live with her uncle after losing her parents, not only does she discover a secret garden, but she also discovers the true meaning of family, friendship, and perseverance.

Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.

An escalating race to find the 39 Clues finds Amy and Dan pursuing a Clue guarded by thousands of the world's best-trained soldiers, an effort that separates them in explosively dangerous ways.

Heidi is sent from her happy mountain home to a big city where she can go to school and be a companion for Clara, a wealthy, gentle girl who cannot walk. But the goats and the Grandfather are Heidi's only happiness and when she returns home, Clara soon follows to find health in the clean Alpine air.

When she discovers that Nellie and her sisters have been sent to an orphanage, Samantha, now living with her aunt and uncle in New York City, tries to help her friends as much as she can.

When Emily's father dies, leaving her an orphan, she is sent to live with a stern aunt in Prince Edward Island, where her resourcefulness and love of writing help her adjust to a new way of life.

Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.

Orphaned Rose Campbell finds it difficult to fit in when she goes to live with her six aunts and seven mischievous boy cousins.

"It's been two years since Flora and Ruby moved to Camden Falls. They've always gotten along as friends amd as sisters, but now they're starting to fight all the time. Nobody--not their friends, not their grandmother--knows why, or what to do. In the end, it might take a whole town to get them back together and make them realize how much they've grown up since their parents died and their lives changed so much. Staying together isn't easy--but with...